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ALDOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aldol mean? 

ALDOL (noun)
  The noun ALDOL has 1 sense:

1. an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO)play

  Familiarity information: ALDOL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALDOL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

aldehyde-alcohol; aldol

Hypernyms ("aldol" is a kind of...):

organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aldol"):

acetaldol (unsaturated aldol)


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